Hilary Leichter plumbs the emotional depths of city apartment spaces as an allegory for grief and loss
Lee Kelly, author of "With Regrets," recommends novels where sharing a meal is fraught with tension and danger
The expectation of erasing oneself and sacrificing everything for your children is crushing
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Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, author of the "City of Kings" trilogy, recommends books by Zimbabweans that examine race, gender, and the nation
Three stories from OUR STRANGERS by Lydia Davis
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Three stories from OUR STRANGERS by Lydia Davis
"The Hive and the Honey" by Paul Yoon, recommended by Ethan Rutherford
"Pushed Buttons," a short story by David Hartley
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